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Henry L. Stimson
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“When the news first came that Japan had attacked us, my first feeling was of relief that the indecision was over and that a crisis had come in a way which would unite all our people. This continued to be my dominant feeling in spite of the news of catastrophes which quickly developed. For I feel that this country united has practically nothing to fear, while the apathy and divisions stirred up by unpatriotic men have been hitherto very discouraging.”
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 7 December 1941 diary entry, per page 262 of "On Active Services In Peace And War", his 1947 biography
“The second generation Japanese can only be evacuated either as part of a total evacuation, giving access to the areas only by permits, or by frankly trying to put them out on the ground that their racial characteristics are such that we cannot understand or trust even the citizen Japanese. The latter is the fact but I am afraid it will make a tremendous hole in our constitutional system.”
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement in his Diary on the WWII Internment of Japanese Americans (10 February 1942)
“The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.”
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bomb and the Opportunity (March 1946)
“Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.”
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Active Service in Peace and War (1948)
“The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.”
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Active Service in Peace and War (1948), Introduction
“we needed the Japanese to commit the first overt act”
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The decision to weigh Lieut. Gen. Patton's great services to his country, in World War I and World War II, from these shores to Casablanca and through Tunisia to triumph in Sicily, on the one hand, against an indefensible act on the other, was Gen. Eisenhower's. As his report shows, General Eisenhower in making his decision also considered the value to our country of General Patton's aggressive, winning leadership in the bitter battles which are to come before final victory. I am confident that you will agree with me that Gen. Eisenhower's decision, under these difficult circumstances, was right and proper.”
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Report to the U.S. Senate on the George S. Patton slapping incidents, supporting Eisenhower's decision to retain Patton's services in the European theatre of WWII (November 1943)